Originally Posted by adonis74

Majestic1 wrote: "Again, my doctor advised me to visit an occupational hazards doctor, to obtain a stress test and do an ultrasound heart test."

I'm sure if you were persistent in insisting that something must be wrong, the doc was only happy to make you feel better by agreeing with you that you might benefit from additional help.

I have a friend, a hypochondriac, who visits a different specialist every time he hiccups or has a little gas. The specialists normally tell him that what is wrong is what he went to them concerning (their specialty). If he feels it's his heart, they're more than happy to perform a heart bypass or whatever their specialty happens to be.

Go to your "occupational hazards" doctor and he may give you something to make you feel as though you're doing the right thing. He'll agree with you and collect a fat fee.

It sounds as though you are looking for an excuse to give up the trumpet. If it's an income-producing occupation, you should then be able to collect disability payments. Is that a goal?

Personally, if doing something like hitting oneself on the head with a hammer hurts, I would advise stopping. I don't see the need to go to several specialists to figure out why.

Henny Youngman used to tell the joke about the guy who goes to the doctor and says, "Doc, when I do this it hurts." The doctor says, "Don't do that."

If playing the trumpet causes problems, improve your technique or give it up.